"You think you're so cool but you're a jerk. And jerks are not cool! And you know what else—your lips are not supposed to be that warm!" Wait. Oh shit. "You bastard! That was my first kiss!" Slap!
"Oh Sasuke-kun! You're so cool, handsome, strong, smart, and amazing. I just love you so much! Oh won't you please be my boyfriend forever and ever?"
"…"
"Sasuke-kun~?"
"…"
"Oh Sasuke-kuuunn~!"
"Sakura."
"Yes my love?"
"Shut. The Hell. Up."
Oh shit. Not again.
A Funny Thing Called Love
Chapter 1—His best friend; my worst enemy
Dear diary,
I had that stupid dream…scratch that…NIGHTMARE again. Why does my self-conscious mind keep reminding me of how completely stupid I was? I mean, it's not as if I don't know it. Trust me, I know. Of all the people that I could've fallen for, why did it have to be that bastard? I just don't understand it at all. I'm so stupid! Er…I was anyway.
You're a new diary so I guess I have to explain. When I was…thirteen (?) I foolishly confessed my undying love for Uchiha Sasuke. When I was thirteen, he set my paper heart on fire with his ice cold stare (kind of an oxymoron, I know but it's true!) so now, every once in a while, I'll have an hyperbole of a nightmare replaying that scene in my head. It's agonizing and embarrassing for me to have such a horrible past.
Me, Haruno Sakura, the seventeen year old junior with the infamous bubble gum pink hair and contrasting sage green eyes. And yes, my hair is natural…well the pink part is anyway. I streaked my hair black a couple weeks ago. Well diary, now that I'm explaining things, I might as well tell you that I absolutely hate Uchiha Sasuke for the way he treated me. He, however, is the only guy I detest at the moment. The rest of the male population at Konoha High school is fine with me. And apparently I'm fine with them. But that's a story for a different entry. See ya!
Cherry Blossom
Sakura closed her furry, green diary softly as she opened the drawer to her desk and placed it inside underneath some old teen magazines. She closed the drawer and pushed away from the desk to finish getting ready for school.
Today was her self-proclaimed jean day. The day that she decided to wear jeans, skinny ones at that. It was also wear a really cool screen tee with an equally as cool wristband day. Sakura finished getting dressed, grabbed her bag and headed out of the door of her room.
"Morning mom, I'm off to school now." Sakura called as she grabbed a piece of toast from the toaster and buttered it quickly before going out the door.
"Morning hun! Have a nice day!" her mother called. Sakura bounded down the stairs of her house and made her way to the main street. For about ten years, it had just been her mother and her living in that same old house ever since her father died in a car accident. It was hard at first but, over time they learned to cope and adapt to a different life style.
Of course, that meant her mother having to get another job which was currently a flight attendant at the Konoha International Airport. Most of the time she's away on flights all over the world. Sakura also learned to cope with that.
Soon she was in front of her high school and was about to walk through the door when she was attacked by raging BEARS! Nah, just an overactive blond who loved BEAR hugs!
"Goooooood morning Sakura-chan! (1)" Naruto exclaimed as he glomped her senseless. Sakura laughed and pried the boy off her. Naruto was a blond, as stated in the previous paragraph, who enjoyed being loud and mischievous. His favorite person in the world? Was Sakura.
"Good morning to you too Naruto. Glad to see you're as hyper as ever." He grinned cheekily and hooked his arm with hers as they strolled into school together. Sakura had known Naruto ever since they were small. Unbeknownst to her (somehow) Naruto had the BIGGEST most OBVIOUS crush on her. But she only saw him as her noisy best friend. Her kind, sweet, funny, caring, lovable best friend. As all friends do however, Naruto had flaws. His BIGGEST one?
"Hn. Dobe." Was the Uchiha. Somehow, someway Naruto and Sasuke had become the best of friends.
"Morning Teme!" Naruto said with a grin. Sakura pouted and turned away, refusing to give the Uchiha the time of day. He glanced at her then smirked.
"Sakura." He acknowledged her. She merely huffed and hooked her arm from Naruto's. He gave her an apologetic look as she walked off. Naruto knew exactly what happened between his two best friends. He was there to be the cushion that Sakura unleashed her rage on. Sakura did not cry, no she was angry.
"See you in class Sakura-chan!" he called after her. She sent a wave in acknowledgement and continued on to class. Her first hour was chemistry which was one of her favorite classes, she hated to admit. Sakura was a major book worm who got straight A's all through her years of school. Her class rank was at least in the Top 5.
As usual, when she walked in her teacher was nowhere in sight. Hatake Kakashi was a brilliant teacher who really connected to his students…on every day but Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Any other day he was the number one teacher in the world. Despite all these great qualities he could never be on time for anything. He would probably be late to his own funeral.
"Hey forehead!" she heard a cheery voice. Sakura turned her head towards the back of the class where yet another blonde was waving to her. Yamanaka Ino had also been a friend of Sakura's since they were small. They go way back to the diaper days. They're so close; they have embarrassing nicknames for each other.
"Morning pig!" Sakura responded, taking her usual seat in front of Ino. Sitting beside her was none other than Hyuuga Hinata. Sakura met Hinata in middle school and always found her to be shy and nervous. Once in high school she gained a bit of confidence but she still had that stuttering thing going for her.
"G-good morning S-sakura-chan." Hinata greeted quietly. Sakura nodded and started getting her things out for class.
"Morning Hinata-chan." They had at least a ten minute wait until Kakashi-sensei arrived in class. Most people caught up on sleep, some texted each other, others walked in just minutes before Kakashi did. There was just no telling when the man was going to come in.
"Guess who?" a husky voice teased. Sakura found herself blinded at the moment by big calloused hands. She felt them for a minute before she grinned and tried to pull them off.
"Paws off Kiba." She teased as he released his hold on her and grinned as well. Inuzuka Kiba was his name. Known mostly for his shaggy brown hair and canine like behavior. He was always up to no good. Sakura called him Naruto 2.0 but only to herself.
"Mornin' Sakura-chan! You're looking as hot as ever." Sakura blushed lightly and pushed him away, trying to focus back on her conversation with Ino.
"Do us all a favor and get neutered you mutt." Ino sneered icily. Kiba shot her a nasty glare.
"Maybe if you'd close your legs—"
"Okay! That's enough. Geez you guys you fight every day. Can't you give Hinata-chan and I some peace?" Sakura interjected. Both Ino and Kiba turned away from each other in childish huffs.
There had been tension between Ino and Kiba ever since their relationship went up in flames. Usually they would get back together right after their fight but there was no forgiving in the latest case.
"Sakura-chan's r-right. You all f-fight too much." Hinata added. Then three more people entered the class to sit in their group.
"I know you're not into T.V.'s shows but you gotta watch this one, dude it's awesome!" Naruto exclaimed as he and Sasuke entered with Shikamaru close behind, trying hard not to suppress a yawn.
"Hey Hinata-chan, Ino, Kiba." The blond greeted them with a smile. Hinata blushed, unbeknownst to him. Sakura rolled her eyes then glared at the Uchiha. For a second she thought he had been staring at her but it must've been her imagination.
"Morning Shika." Sakura greeted the ponytail wearing boy. He shot her a lazy grin and took his seat in front of her. To her left was Hinata, right was Naruto. Next to Shikamaru was Kiba and next to Ino was Sasuke.
Ten minutes later…
"Sorry I'm late class, you see my cat got stuck in a tree and-"
"LIAR!" the whole class minus Sasuke and Shikamaru said.
"That was probably the lamest excuse yet. He doesn't even have a cat." Sakura whispered to Hinata, who in turn giggled into her hand.
First period went on and on with Kakashi talking about protons, neutrons, and electrons. The majority of it was redundant information that made the class bored. Sakura doodled on her green notebook and hummed to herself lightly. She dropped out of her state of mind at a paper ball bouncing off her head and landing on her desk.
Do you get any of this?
Sakura laughed to herself as she gazed over at Naruto's lost expression. She quickly wrote him back and tossed it to his desk. He opened it and grinned at her toothily. She nodded and turned back to the front.
BRRRIIIINNNNGGGG!
"This will be on your next test so I hope you memorized that joke." Kakashi called as they exited the room. Naruto sighed as they exited the room. Chemistry wasn't his thing. Sakura came up next to him and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Come on, we're watching a movie in History today." He nodded as they walked on. The only other person who had History with them was Shikamaru and he was likely to fall asleep despite the fact that they had a loud teacher like Anko-sensei.
As expected, History was uneventful until Shikamaru got an eraser chucked at his head for snoring loudly in the back of the class. He grumbled at everyone who laughed at the chalk line that was on his face as well as the marks from his jacket. Sakura brushed him free of any chalk and departed from him as she made her way to the gym for dance.
At this school, girls took dance while the guys did team sports. Now they weren't required to but it was rare to see a girl in team sports and vice versa with a guy. Besides that, Sakura liked dance it was her favorite period of the day. She didn't mind that she was separated from the boys…not as much as some girls anyway.
Her usual attire was a form fitting blue tee with black shorts that hugged her figure nicely. Depending on what they were doing in class she would wear the appropriate shoes. Today was ballet so she slipped on her black shoes and made her way to class. Sakura put her long pink/black hair up in a neat bun as she walked across the gym to her side.
Yeah, they shared half the gym with the guys…excellent, ne?
"Chill out guys, geez…" she whispered lightly albeit trying to ignore all the whistles as she began her stretches, facing them so they wouldn't get the view they wanted. Some groaned, others didn't pay any attention and the rest plotted to get some kind of view.
"Why would they want to look at you anyway?" a voice as annoying as a hyena's laugh called. Sakura grimaced as she slid into the splits, rolling her eyes. Standing beside her with her arms folded and her butt practically hanging out of her spandex shorts was none other than Karin, self proclaimed girlfriend of Uchiha Sasuke.
"They have me to stare at. You on the other hand…ew." Karin glared at the pinkette. Sakura sighed and backward somersaulted out of her split and stood before the girl, who was an odd two and half inches taller.
"Do the world a favor Karin. Go find some duct tape and put it over your mouth." Sakura said with one of the brightest smiles she could muster. Karin blushed an embarrassed red at Sakura's words and the snickers coming from the guy's side. She huffed angrily and marched to the other side of the gym.
Shannaro! We sure told her!
It's sad considering that was the same thing that Sasuke told Naruto yesterday.
"Heads up Sakura!" she heard a masculine yell. Her spidey sense—er reflexes kicked in and she quickly caught the soccer ball that was threatening to come her way. Sakura grinned and kicked it back to the other side, receiving a wave in return. She nodded and returned to her stretches before class began. Their teacher was Kurenai, one of the coolest instructors in the building.
"Morning girls, position one." She called. Everyone (well…almost everyone) loved Kurenai-sensei, especially Hinata who was surprisingly the best in the class. Seeing Hinata dance whether it was ballet, tap, jazz, or free style was amazing.
"Kurenai-sensei," Ino started, bending her knees a little. Kurenai turned her attention to the platinum blonde. "Are we having a recital soon?"
"I mentioned it to Tsunade-sama in the last in-service and she said she'd consider it. She might need a little convincing though." She said, secretly giving Sakura a wink. Sakura swallowed hard, trying to keep focus. Tsunade was like a second mother to her and she always showed favoritism toward her for some reason.
"Relax." Kurenai ordered. All the girls in the class relaxed their stances and took deep breaths. "Okay, break into your groups for the routine we learned last week. If we do have the recital, we'll hold mock tryouts for who will be the leads in the groups." She explained. Sakura walked over to her group, only to be shoulder bumped by Karin.
"Stay out of my way pinky, I'm taking the lead role." She sneered. Sakura rolled her eyes and joined the rest of the group.
Dumb trick…can I kill her?
What? No!
Dumb good-natured attitude…
The rest of class went by smoothly despite a few 'accidental' bumps from Karin. Sakura brushed them off as the girl merely being off her rocker and continued to do her own thing. After class, she joined Ino and Hinata in the locker room to get changed for fourth period.
"So who do you think is getting the lead in your group pig?" Sakura asked. Ino smirked, slipping her shirt back over her head.
"Honestly, I think it's me. I mean the other girls in my group are okay but Kurenai-sensei said my turn was remarkable while Ami falls on her ass every time she tries it." The blonde snickered.
"I'm not even going to ask you Hinata-chan, you're going to get it hands down." Sakura winked. Hinata blushed prettily and slung her bag over her shoulder.
"Thanks Sakura-chan. What about your g-group?" Sakura pondered the thought for a second before shrugging.
"I don't really know. I mean I'm pretty good but Karin, as much as I hate to admit it, is too." Ino scoffed at that.
"Karin? Oh please, she's about as gracefully as Choji. And have you seen the size of her thighs? Sakura you're no toothpick, that's for sure but I can hear Karin every time she walks into a room and I don't just mean her mouth." Ino snickered. Sakura shook her head and Hinata frowned.
"That w-wasn't very nice Ino-chan." The dark haired girl sent her a small glare.
"Truth hurts." With that, all three of them left the locker room to their next class.
End of Chapter
A/N: Hello all! How'd you like this chapter? The idea for this story just kind of came out of nowhere. If you like please review. If you don't, still review and tell me why. If you're reading, at least favorite or put it on alert. Thanks for any future support!
(1) Think if Ichigo's dad from Bleach, the English dub :3